2 things that prevent prostate cancer
Standard prostate cancer treatments are life changing in their negative effects
Prostate cancer is a massively over diagnosed disease.
Most men who get diagnosed with it would die of other causes even if the prostate cancer was untreated.
But the standard medical treatments for prostate cancer are life changing in their negative effects.
With the diagnosis of prostate cancer, comes a stressful decision about treatment – something we would all like to avoid.
Over the years, numerous factors have been identified as risk modifiers in prostate cancer diagnosis and progression.
Research out of India has identified some interesting alterations in blood test results…
Specifically blood tests for men with prostate cancer, versus those without a diagnosis of prostate cancer.
The research points toward vitamin E and coffee as being useful nutrients in the prevention of the disease. Something supported by other research.
The human research was carried out by the Dept of Biochemistry, Acharya Nagarjuna University in Guntur, India. The findings were published in the Indian Journal of Science and Technology.
The researchers were interested in changes in lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status in prostate cancer.
Of particular importance is the first – lipid peroxidation.
This is the breakdown of unstable fats into harmful byproducts.
The harmful byproducts of lipid peroxidation cause damage all throughout the body – they have been linked to many diseases including prostate cancer.
In evaluating the degree of lipid peroxidation in the body, researchers calculate something called TBARS.
TBARS is simply an estimate of the amount of numerous different types of lipid peroxides.
The researchers looked at blood samples from 20 newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients…
…and the same number of men in the same age group without the diagnosis.
“20 newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients and an equal number of ages between 55-70 years and sex matched normal subjects were chosen for the study.”
Men with prostate cancer had almost double the amount of TBARS in the blood.
Their blood was just full of inflammatory breakdown products from unstable fats.
“TBARS in healthy patients were 3.8 compared to 6.9 in prostate cancer patients.”
Many things can increase or decrease TBARS.
But perhaps the most important nutrient keeping lipid peroxidation under control is vitamin E.
Taking vitamin E could significantly lower these TBARS scores in men with prostate cancer.
The researchers also looked at vitamin E levels in the 2 different groups of men.
Men with prostate cancer had significantly lower levels of vitamin E in their blood.
“Plasma vitamin E levels were 1.4 in the healthy control group versus 1.28 in the prostate cancer group.”
It may be that the high levels of lipid peroxides (TBARS) are draining vitamin E levels in men with prostate cancer.
Alternatively, it could be that men with prostate cancer simply don’t consume as much vitamin E.
Hormones are major players in prostate cancer diagnosis.
One of the most important hormones in this context is called prolactin.
High prolactin is a major driver of prostate cancer.
And vitamin E is one of the best nutrients to keep prolactin levels under control.
Estrogen and testosterone are other important hormones which influence prostate cancer.
Estrogen works with prolactin in our bodies – promoting changes in the prostate which lead to the diagnosis of cancer.
Testosterone, contrary to popular belief, actually protects against prostate cancer.
Further complicating this relationship – your main source of estrogen is actually testosterone.
You see, testosterone is only one enzymatic reaction away from estrogen.
Vitamin E decreases the enzyme which turns testosterone into estrogen.
Another interesting finding of this study was that men with prostate cancer had reduced levels of glutathione.
Glutathione is a general antioxidant which can help the body to protect itself from rogue, free electrons.
One of the simplest ways to boost glutathione is to drink coffee.
Coffee drinkers are significantly less likely to develop severe and aggressive forms of prostate cancer.
“The antioxidants and lipid peroxides levels in prostate cancer patients were altered when compared to normal patients.”
As I have explained, other research shows why these changes in lipid peroxides and antioxidants…
…may actually have a significant effect on the development of prostate cancer.
Simple things like taking a high quality vitamin E supplement and drinking coffee could be very helpful in avoiding this diagnosis.
—-Important Message About Keeping a Healthy Prostate—-
New prostate protocol boosts T while lowering estrogen
Estrogen and prolactin are the two culprits behind prostate inflammation.
Testosterone keeps getting converted into estrogen…
And as estrogen climbs higher and higher, so does prolactin…
High levels of estrogen and prolactin cause the prostate to swell up and the annoying pee symptoms to start…
So what men want is the opposite: naturally high and healthy testosterone levels with LOW estrogen and prolactin.
Now how to go about doing this?
That’s where my new prostate protocol comes in…
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Lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status in prostate cancer patientshttps://indjst.org/articles/lipid-peroxidation-and-antioxidant-status-in-prostate-cancer-patients